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Project Start & Finish Date

The project period (start and finish dates) reflects your project plan - as you schedule tasks, QuickPlanX automatically calculates the overall project start and finish dates based on your task timeline.

For convenience when adjusting your project plan to accommodate changes (such as project postponements or when creating a new project by duplicating an existing one), QuickPlanX allows you to modify the project start or finish date. The application shifts all task dates in the project while maintaining the relationships between tasks.

Please note that changing the start date impacts the finish date, and changing the finish date impacts the start date. It's not possible to change both start and finish dates simultaneously and expect the application to intelligently compress or expand task durations - this wouldn't reflect real-world project constraints.

Project Settings - Start

Changing Project Start and Finish Date​

To modify your project's start or finish date:

  1. Access Project Settings
  2. Navigate to the "Project Start Date" section
  3. Update the Project Start Date or Project Finish Date as needed

After changing the date, all task dates in the project will be adjusted accordingly.

Best Practice

This function is particularly useful when creating a new project by duplicating an existing one, or when you need to postpone or accelerate your project timeline.

Project Start & Finish Dates Are Not Constraints​

Some users may prefer to use project start and finish dates as constraints: defining the project period as a boundary, then placing tasks within it. If a task is scheduled outside the defined period, the application would prevent it.

While this approach may seem useful in some cases and appears to align naturally with project objectives, it's actually inappropriate because it creates unreasonable interference with your planning work. Due to task group relationships and dependencies, even small changes to task dates can trigger these restrictions. The more effective approach is to plan reasonably first, then adjust according to your objectives.

Therefore, project start and finish dates serve as information to help you understand your plan, not as constraints to limit your planning flexibility.